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Peru, with second-highest number of infections in Latin America, adds more than 10,000 cases to totalWorkers in protective suits prepare to lower a coffin into the ground during the burial of a Covid-19 victim in the remote highland village of Acora, Peru, on August 9, 2020. Carlos Mamani/AFP/Getty Images
The country has the second-highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Latin America, following Brazil, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Last Thursday, vice health minister Luis Suarez updated the country’s death toll to add 3,658 deaths previously unaccounted for after a revision by a special commission set up by the government.Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra announced new lockdown measures last week after the country saw an increase in the number of virus cases during July.
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